Best Startup
At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top London based Partner operating in the Market Research space. If you think a Partner is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Christian Purslow
Partner of MidOcean Partners
Christian Purslow is a British-born businessman, co-founder of private equity firm MidOcean Partners, and former Managing Director of Liverpool Football Club. A season ticket holder of Liverpool, he was appointed managing director in June 2009, as a replacement for Rick Parry. Three months into his tenure, a team headed by Purslow negotiated an £80 million 4 year shirt sponsorship deal with Standard Chartered Bank. In October 2014, Christian joined Chelsea FC’s board to run their global commercial activities.
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About MidOcean Partners: Presence Capital is an investment firm that finances startups developing technologies such as virtual reality and augmented reality.
Ammad Ahmad
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Atheneum
Ammad has a comprehensive understanding of the key levers that drive better business performance given his experience in implementing industry specific best practices across various Fortune 100 companies. Prior to founding Atheneum, he spent 13 years in the United States, with significant experience at Kaiser Associates, and the Advisory Board Company. Ammad is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, and has a Masters from the WHU School of Management together with the Bucerius Law School in Germany.
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About Atheneum: Atheneum is a knowledge sharing platform that offers corporations access to up-to-date market insights for better business decisions.
Patrick Hable
Managing Partner, Founder of 2iQ Research
Patrick is a founding member and Managing Director of 2iQ Research. He is responsible for sales and business development. Prior to his work with 2iQ, Patrick Hable spent four years working in the portfolio management division of DWS, Germany’s leading fund management company, and was responsible for the portfolio management of various European equity funds.
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About 2iQ Research: 2iQ is the leading Insider Transaction data provider with a global coverage of 60,000+ stocks.
Irena Miroforidu
Data Strategy and Partnerships Manager of GfK
Adventure traveller, surf enthusiast and a Founder of Tribd, a social networking application connecting solo travelling adventure seekers, helping them to find a travel partner from the same tribe. Experienced FinTech Industry professional.
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About GfK, Tribd: GfK is a market research institute in Germany.
Matthew Hunter
Partner Marketing Manager of Demand Metric
Prior to Demand Metric, Matt was instrumental in the growth of two analyst firms, Info-Tech Research Group and HR Downloads managing member acquisition and retention. On weekends you can find Matt flooding his family ice rink or on the links golfing with his parents.
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About Demand Metric: Agile project management software built for Marketers powered by 1,000+ practical tools & resources.
Gregoire Naacke
Managing Partner of IEM-Finance
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About IEM-Finance: IEM-Finance provides consultation services and solutions on financial management of businesses.
